Waning crescent: sliver of a moon

The super moons are beautiful as the rise and set are extra large and bright, but my favorite moon stage is the crescent…when the moon is a sliver…as it was this morning.

“thin as a sliver of a raccoon’s ear”
** From ‘Wait Till the Moon is Full’ by Margaret Wise Brown, a beloved children’s book dedicated to “all things that love the night”.